Definition of detonation Detonation

/dɛˌtʌnejˈʃʌn/ - [detuneyshun] - det•o•na•tion

We found 7 definitions of detonation from 5 different sources.

What does detonation mean?

Noun Plural: detonations
detonation - the act of detonating an explosive
		burst, explosion a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"
detonation - a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
		explosion, blowup
		discharge the act of discharging a gun
		airburst an explosion in the atmosphere
		blast a very long fly ball
		backfire a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
		big bang (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
		blowback, backfire misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
		fragmentation the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes

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detonation (Noun)
An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances as, the detonation of gun cotton. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
detonation (Noun)
Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines.

detonation (n.)
An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.

detonation
The instantaneous conversion of an explosive into gas; a term applied to the phenomena attending the explosion of certain substances, such as nitro-glycerine, chloride of nitrogen, iodide of nitrogen, gun-cotton, the picrates, etc. Detonation, or explosion of the first order, is distinguished from ordinary explosion, or explosion of the second order, by the different way in which the explosion is propagated. Ordinary explosion proceeds by inflammation, being nothing more than a rapid combustion. Detonation is propagated by vibration. A detonating agent is a substance used to produce the initial vibration, or “impulse of explosion.” The exploder, or cap, used for this purpose is usually primed with fulminate of mercury, a substance having a wide range in bringing about detonation in the high explosives.